Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About The Author -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Chernobyl -- The Nuclear Disaster -- Chapter 3 Chernobyl And The Timing Of The Mortality Crisis -- Chapter 4 Birth Rates And Sex Ratios After Chernobyl -- Chapter 5 Soviet And Post-soviet Cover-up -- Chapter 6 Effects Of The Radioactive Fallout -- From Early Evaluations To The Chernobyl Forum -- Chapter 7 Health Effects Of Ionizing Radiation -- How Knowledge Grew Out Of Secrecy -- Chapter 8 Effects Of Low-dose Radiation -- The Lnt Model -- Hormesis Chapter 9 Conflicting Results Of Investigations On Exposures To Low-dose Ionizing Radiation -- Chapter 10 Thyroid Cancer Caused By The Chernobyl Fallout -- Chapter 11 Post-chernobyl Non-thyroid Malignancies And Other Health Effects -- Chapter 12 Mortality Effects Of Fallout From Nuclear Tests -- Chapter 13 Conclusion -- Appendix A Units For Measurement Of Ionizing Radiation -- Appendix B Gender Issues -- Appendix C Data Tables -- References -- Index José A. Tapia. Electronic Reproduction. Berlin Available Via World Wide Web.